UN aid convoy reaches besieged E Ghouta

An aid convoy of nine trucks carrying food, health and other supplies for 7,200 people reached the besieged rebel-held Damascus enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday, the United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent said. The convoy is the first since November 28 to enter Eastern Ghouta, where almost 400,000 civilians are under siege, and follows months of pleading by the United Nations for the Assad government to grant access and agree to a ceasefire. “First @UN and @SYRedCrescent inter-agency convoy this year crossed conflict lines to #Nashabieh in #EastGhouta to deliver food, health and nutrition supplies for 7,200 people in the besieged enclave,” the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a tweet. Jakob Kern, Syria country director for the UN’s […]The post UN aid convoy reaches besieged E Ghouta appeared first on aroundworld24.com.http://aroundworld24.com/2018/02/14/un-aid-convoy-reaches-besieged-e-ghouta/